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Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue is a provincial electoral district in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada, which elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes large portions of the city of Rouyn-Noranda as well as the cities or municipalities of Ville-Marie, Témiscaming, Lorrainville, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, Notre-Dame-du-Nord and Laverlochère-Angliers. No incumbent since Rémy Trudel (who won re-election in 1998) has won re-election in the riding. It was created for the 1981 election from parts of Rouyn-Noranda, Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region of Quebec and is also p ... and Pontiac-Témiscamingue electoral districts. In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, its territory was unchanged. Members of the National A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Bernard (politician)
Daniel Bernard (born July 28, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who has served three non-consecutive terms as Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue. First elected as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party in the 2003 Quebec general election, he served until he was defeated by Johanne Morasse of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 Quebec general election; he was then re-elected in the same district, defeating Morasse, in the 2008 Quebec general election, serving a single term and not running for re-election in the 2012 Quebec general election. In the 2022 Quebec general election, he was reelected to the legislature as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.Magdaline Boutros"Victoire claire de la CAQ dans Rouyn-Noranda" ''Le Devoir'', October 4, 2022. Bernard is an alumnus of the Université Laval and the Université du Québec à Montréal. At Laval, he obtained a bachelor's degree in sciences and geology in 1982 and a master's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre-Dame-du-Nord, Quebec
Notre-Dame-du-Nord () is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the northern end of Lake Timiskaming where the Ottawa River enters into this lake. The municipality is located along Route 101. A local street, ''rue Ontario'', extends westward from Route 101 to the Quebec-Ontario border, where it becomes Ontario Highway 65. In Ontario, the highway passes through the townships of Casey and Harris en route to the city of Temiskaming Shores. Notre-Dame-du-Nord is best known as the home of an annual truck drag race event called ''Rodéo du Camion (Truck Rodeo)'' which is held over the August Civic Holiday of each year, which brings over 650 trucks and 60,000 spectators to the town each year. Local attractions also include the Lake Timiskaming Fossil Centre, a museum and research institution dedicated to the fossils of the Témiscamingue region, and the Heath Racing motocross track. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laniel, Quebec
Laniel () is an unorganized territory (Quebec), unorganized territory in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, Quebec, Canada. It surrounds the northern portion of Lake Kipawa. Laniel is also a hamlet located within this territory at the outflow of Lake Kipawa where Quebec Route 101, Route 101 crosses the Kipawa River. It was named in honour of priest Armand Laniel (1866-1928). The hamlet used to have a post office that opened in 1934. In addition to the namesake hamlet, the territory also includes the hamlet of Baie-Dorval (). This hamlet, located on Dorval Bay of Lake Kipawa, was founded in the early 20th century and originally called Baie-Stenhouse, after a forestry entrepreneur in the region. Both the bay and hamlet were renamed in 1989, to honour the first settler family that settled on the bay in 1922. Until 2005, Laniel and Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Lacs-du-Témiscamingue unorganized territories were part of the Rivière ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béarn, Quebec
Béarn () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. History Settlement of the area began at the end of the 19th century. It was first incorporated as the Parish Municipality of Saint-Placide in 1913, taking its name from the parish that was founded two years earlier. In 1923, the railroad was built and the place began to be known as Béarn (in honor of the Béarn Regiment). Its post office opened in 1941. Because it was known as Béarn in common use, the name was changed in 1956 to Saint-Placide-de-Béarn, and in 1983, it changed status to municipality and the name was shortened to the current name. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Béarn had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Mother tongue language (2021) Government List of former mayors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec
Duhamel-Ouest () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. Located at a narrows of Lake Timiskaming, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the Fort Témiscamingue, a National Historic Site of Canada. History Originally inhabited by Algonquin people, the area began to see Coureurs des bois in the middle of the 17th century, travelling on the Ottawa River and Lake Timiskaming. In 1720, Fort Témiscamingue was founded by French merchants on the east side of the lake. In the middle of the 19th century, colonization started with the arrival of logging companies and Oblate missionaries. In 1877, the geographic township of Duhamel was created, named after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, and was incorporated as a township municipality in 1898. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Duhamel is dissolved, when it split up into the new municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville and Duhamel-Ouest. "''Ouest''" (French for "west") was added to distinguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kipawa, Quebec
Kipawa is a village and municipality in western Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. It is located at the south end of Lake Kipawa, adjacent to the Kebaowek Reserve. In addition to the community of Kipawa itself located on the namesake lake, the municipality also includes the community of Tee Lake (originally called Gendreau at the end of the 19th century), and surrounds the Indian Reserve of Kebaowek. Kipawa is a variant of the Algonquin word ''Kebaowek'' which means "closed water", referring to the many closed-off bays and passages of Lake Kipawa. Another theory claims that it means "getting off" or "disembarkation", or the location where one can pick up supplies or trade. Its main employer is the Commonwealth Plywood Company. History The land including and surrounding Lake Kipawa and Kipawa Village has been inhabited for centuries by the Algonquin people. The first Europeans to come into the Kipawa basin were fur traders and missionaries. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laforce, Quebec
Laforce () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. History The place saw its first settlers in 1937, and was originally called Devlin, after the geographic township of Devlin, in turn named in honour of Charles Ramsay Devlin. In 1938, the Parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée-de-Devlin was founded. In June of that same year, the place received the name Laforce, named after Ernest Laforce (1879–1977), deputy minister of Colonization of Quebec at that time. In 1940, the Laforce Post Office opened. On January 1, 1979, the Municipality of Laforce was created out of previously unincorporated area. Demographics Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 59.4% * French as first language: 32.8% * English and French as first language: 1.6% * Other as first language: 6.3% Local government List of former mayors: * Patrice Rioux (1979–1979) * Yves Nolet (1979–1981, 1987–1989) * Bertrand Pichette (1981–1987) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, Quebec
Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues (), often shortened to Guigues, is a municipality (Quebec), municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. In addition to the main namesake population centre, the municipality also includes the hamlet of Pointe-Piché, located on the shores of Lake Timiskaming. History The area was originally inhabited by Algonquin people, who had discovered a lead mine as early as the 17th century. The mine was not exploited however until circa 1850, when it was rediscovered and noted for its high silver content. The Wright mine, operating between 1885 and 1903, and from 1915 to 1952, was Canada's first Silver mining, silver mine. The first settler was Édouard Piché, who arrived in 1863. A year later, he moved to the place that came to be known as Pointe Piché. In 1881, the geographic township of Guigues was proclaimed, named in honour of Joseph-Bruno Guigues. In 1886, the parish of Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda (; Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and Census geographic units of Canada, census division (CD) of Quebec of the same name. Their geographical code is 86. History The city of Rouyn (named for Jean-Baptiste Rouyn, a captain in the Régiment Royal Roussillon of Louis-Joseph de Montcalm) appeared after copper was discovered in 1917. Noranda (a contraction of "North Canada") was created later around the Noranda (mining company), Horne mine and foundry. Both were officially constituted as cities in 1926, then merged in 1986. Since 1966, Rouyn and Noranda constitute the capital of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. It is also the seat of (UQAT) since 1983. The population tends to increase or decrease dramatically depending on the economic situation. The city's populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moffet, Quebec
Moffet () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. The municipality had a population of 206 as of the 2021 Canadian census. History As early as 1910, settlers arrived in the area, but it was not until 1931 that the village developed when a group of settlers from Saint-Zacharie in the Beauce region came and cleared the land. The place was named after Joseph Moffet (1852–1932), an Oblate missionary who had explored the Témiscamingue region and founded Ville-Marie. In 1932, the first sawmill was built, followed by the first forge two years later. In 1936, the Moffet Post Office opened, and the next year, the general store. On January 1, 1953, the Municipality of Moffet was established out of parts of the United Township Municipality of Latulipe-et-Gaboury and previously unincorporated territory. Its first mayor was Emmanuel Gagné. Demographics Mother tongue (2021): * English as first language: 7.1% * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winneway, Quebec
Winneway is an Indian settlement of Anishinaabe band government in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. It is geographically located within the territory of Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality and is home to the Long Point First Nation. According to the 2021 Canadian census the settlement covers an area of but Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada shows it having an area of . Its population is listed as 176 in the 2021 Canadian census and about 400 on the community website. See also * List of anglophone communities in Quebec This is a list of anglophone communities in the Canadian province of Quebec. Municipalities with a high percentage of English-speakers in Quebec are listed. The provincial average of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English is 7.6%, with a tot ... References {{Reflist, refs= {{Cite web, url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Winneway&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter's Point, Quebec
Hunter's Point is an Indian settlement in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. It is geographically located within the territory of Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. Its population was 5 in the 2021 Canadian census. In Algonquin, the place is known as Opacikoteak Ecitacikewapan, which means "village built on high mountains". The community, located on the shores of its namesake lake, is not in an Indian reserve. It is seasonally occupied by members of the Wolf Lake First Nation (registered population, 255) who otherwise live in the Timiskaming and Kebaowek reserves. History Originally the settlement was located south on Hunter Lake. This place was called Hunter's Lodge and had a trading post operated by the Hudson's Bay Company The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), originally the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson’s Bay, is a Canadian holding company of department stores, and the oldest corporation in North Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
